Book Title: History of Canonical Literature of Jainas
Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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________________ 150 A HISTORY OF THE CANONICAL LITERATURE OF THE JAINAS which must have a date earlier than those of Nandi and Aņuogaddāra. Vāgarana (Sk. Vyākarana) may be a proper name of a work or it may be meaning grammar or exposition. Nothing can be said for certain. Nädaya (Sk. Nataka) means a drama. It is difficult to say whether this stands for any particular drama or not. And even if it is, we do not know what that drama is. By Veyas are meant the 4 well-known Vedas. For their names and those of their six Angas see p. 148, fn. 1. The Upāngas are commentaries to these six Angas. See p. 148, fn. 1. We may now deal with other works noted in Nandi. Terasiya (Sk. Trairāśika) stands for the school of the Trairāśikas of whom Rohagupta, pupil of Gupta Sūri is looked upon as the founder. Or it may be a name of some standard work of this school. Rohagupta's date is cir. Vira Samvat 544. Bhāgava may be a misreading for Bhaggava. If so, it can be looked upon as a work of Bhārgava, a distinguished follower of the Sankhya school. Prof. Winternitz, however, equates it with Bhagavata-Purana; but is this consistent when Purāņa is already mentioned prior to this? 4 Pāyañjali (Sk. Pātañjali) stands for either the Yogasūtra of Patañjali or the Mahābhāsya. Pussadevaya (Sk. Pusyadaivata) may be some astronomical work dealing with Pusya, a constellation or Jupiter who is associated with Pusya. From this it may be inferred that on one hand Nandi and Anuogaddāra belong to the 3rd century A. D. whereas on the other hand to the 5th century A. D. PAKKHIYASUTTA As already noted on p. 40, this is looked upon by some as a Mülasutta. It begins with the mention of the 5 mahāvratas and supplies us with a list of canonical treatises. It also includes the worship of the ksamāśramanas. It is a liturgy in verse for the fortnightly Padikkamana. It is recited by the Jaina clergy during this Padikkamana. CAUSARANA This work "four-fold refuge” also known as Kusalānubandhiajjhayana 4 See page 211 of addition. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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